1 At that time, a26:1 Lit. On that day people will sing this song b26:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsac MT read time, this song will be sung; LXX reads time, they will sing that song in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; God crafts victory, its walls and ramparts. c26:1 So 4QIsac; 1QIsaa MT read walls and ramparts; LXX reads wall and rampart ISV — Isaiah 26:1
2 Open your d26:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read the gates, so the righteous nation that safeguards its faith may enter. ISV — Isaiah 26:2
3 You will keep perfectly peaceful e26:3 Lit. peace, peace; so 1QIsaa MT; LXX Syr read peace the one whose mind remains focused on you, because he remains f26:3 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab LXX; 4QIsac MT read trusts in you. ISV — Isaiah 26:3
4 “Trust in the LORD forever, for in the LORD GOD g26:4 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsab reads the LORD God; LXX reads the Lord, the Lord you have an everlasting rock. ISV — Isaiah 26:4
5 For he has made drunk h26:5 So MT 1QIsaa; 1QIsab 4QIsab 4QIsac MT read has brought low; LXX reads has humbled and brought down the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city. He lays it low i26:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads He levels it, he levels it to the ground casting it down to the dust, ISV — Isaiah 26:5
6 by the feet of the oppressed who trample it, j26:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads The foot tramples it by the footsteps of the needy. k26:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads oppressed ISV — Isaiah 26:6
7 “The path of the righteous is level; O Upright One, l26:7 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac reads they go straight ahead; LXX lacks this line you make safe m26:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read smooth or you prepare the way of justice. n26:7 So 1QIsaa 4QIsac; MT LXX read of the righteous ones ISV — Isaiah 26:7
8 Yes, LORD, in the path of your judgments we wait; o26:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads we wait for you your name and your Law p26:8 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac MT read your renown; cf. LXX are the q26:8 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsab reads my soul’s desire. ISV — Isaiah 26:8
9 My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me searches for you. For when your judgments come upon the earth, the world’s inhabitants learn righteousness. ISV — Isaiah 26:9
10 If favor is shown to the wicked, they don’t learn righteousness; even in a land of uprightness they act perversely and do not perceive the majesty of the LORD. ISV — Isaiah 26:10
11 “LORD, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. And r26:11 So 1QIsaa; cf. LXX; the Heb. lacks And let them see your zeal for your s26:11 Lit. the; so 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks your people and be put to shame— yes, let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them! ISV — Isaiah 26:11
12 LORD, you will decide t26:12 So 1QIsaa; MT reads prepare or give; LXX reads LORD, give peace for us, for you have indeed accomplished all our achievements for us. ISV — Isaiah 26:12
13 O LORD our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but through you alone we acknowledge your name. ISV — Isaiah 26:13
14 The dead won’t live, and u26:14 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsaa corrector MT lack and the departed spirits won’t rise— to that end, you punished and destroyed them, then locked away v26:14 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read wiped out all memory of them. ISV — Isaiah 26:14
15 “But you have enlarged the nation, w26:15 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab LORD; you have enlarged the nation. x26:15 So 1QIsaa; MTms lacks this line You have gained honor; you have extended all the borders of the land. ISV — Isaiah 26:15
16 LORD, they y26:16 So 1QIsaa MT; MTmss LXXmss read we; LXX reads I remembered you came to you in distress; they poured out their secret z26:16 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT read out a magical prayer when your chastenings were aa26:16 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read your chastening was afflicting bb26:16 Lit. upon them. ISV — Isaiah 26:16
17 Just as a pregnant woman writhes and cries out during her labor when she is about to give birth, so were we because of you, LORD. ISV — Isaiah 26:17
18 We were pregnant, writhing in pain, but we gave birth only to wind. We have not won your cc26:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks your victory on earth, nor have the inhabitants of the world been born.” ISV — Isaiah 26:18
19 “But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Those who live in the dust will wake up and shout for joy! dd26:19 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Wake up and shout for joy, you; LXX reads Those in the dust will rejoice, for For your dew is like the dew of dawn, and the earth will give birth to the dead. ISV — Isaiah 26:19
20 Come, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors ee26:20 So 1QIsaa MT; MTqere reads door behind you. Hide yourselves ff26:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads yourself for a little while until the fury has passed by. ISV — Isaiah 26:20
21 For see, the LORD is coming from his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their sins; the earth will reveal the blood that has been shed on it, and will no longer conceal its slain.” ISV — Isaiah 26:21